Cream Legbars

[BuffyBugSlayer]

I am closing on my home in Oklahoma today.

Congrats! Looking forward to pics of the new flock.

 

[allpeepedout]

I am new to this breed and thought I'd share photos of my two gals from Meyer Hatchery, for those curious about hatchery birds. These two have been very calm and sensible birds so far. Here they are at just over 6 weeks.

This is Rene, and she is a soft warm gray with light salmon breast and modest crest. She is extremely friendly.



This is Rosie. She is much darker, with more orange and Elvis hairdo. She's a bit more stand-offish, as you can tell from the look on her face.



I'm really enjoying having them and seeing everybody else's on this thread. Thanks.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

I am new to this breed and thought I'd share photos of my two gals from Meyer Hatchery, for those curious about hatchery birds. These two have been very calm and sensible birds so far. Here they are at just over 6 weeks.

This is Rene, and she is a soft warm gray with light salmon breast and modest crest. She is extremely friendly.



This is Rosie. She is much darker, with more orange and Elvis hairdo. She's a bit more stand-offish, as you can tell from the look on her face.



I'm really enjoying having them and seeing everybody else's on this thread. Thanks.

I love looking at your photos - I have three from Meyer via My Pet Chicken. Your Rosie looks like my Lissa - I call her hairdo Elvis-like, too. Best hair of the three. Two have a lot of gold in them (Lissa of the Awesome Hair and Jenny the Piggy), the other more grey (Paula, the love muffin). (They are 12 weeks - not into their adult plumage yet). This is Lissa cooling her feet (I know, not the best photo for markings.)



I totally love them - oddly enough, it's very similar to having pet cats. They all have their distinct personalities, they like to decide to cuddle with you (but don't seem to like it when it's your idea)... and they have the exact same look on their face when they are about to jump up on me.

- Ant Farm

 

[allpeepedout]

I love looking at your photos - I have three from Meyer via My Pet Chicken. Your Rosie looks like my Lissa - I call her hairdo Elvis-like, too. Best hair of the three. Two have a lot of gold in them (Lissa of the Awesome Hair and Jenny the Piggy), the other more grey (Paula, the love muffin). (They are 12 weeks - not into their adult plumage yet). This is Lissa cooling her feet (I know, not the best photo for markings.)



I totally love them - oddly enough, it's very similar to having pet cats. They all have their distinct personalities, they like to decide to cuddle with you (but don't seem to like it when it's your idea)... and they have the exact same look on their face when they are about to jump up on me.

- Ant Farm

Ant Farm, LIssa is a beauty and I'm with you on all counts regarding personality. Each is distinctive. I've had the hardest time naming these gals, because you have to get to know them first.

And I agree also, it's best to wait for them to come to you, when it's their idea.

I'm also glad to see I'm not the only one who has devoted one of their best lasagna pans to the chickens. They're actually a great value in chicken waterers and feeders for a small number of birds, I think. Also, I have some heavy and short bonsai pots that have made elegant chick feeders.

 

[sol2go]

I am closing on my home in Oklahoma today. I am very excited. I dropped all of our Juveniles off at our Bishop's home 2 months ago and haven't seen them since. Bishop Hovey told me on Sunday that they lost two to predators this week (along with one of their Hybrid pullets in the grow out pen). He said that they lost one of the Splash Breda and one of the Legbars with Cream Color. Well, we have lost two Legbars from the group now and both of them have been Cream. I hope that means that we have lots of cream (they were to young to get a good read on the color when they were dropped off). We breed three Cream Cockerels and 9 gold hens. Five of the hens were known carriers for cream. The other four could be split for cream of complete for gold. We will be excited to get out chickens back and be able to start taking some photos of our own.

Oh....and after 7 weeks we ran out of kitchen eggs that we brought from Texas when we made the move to Okie-land. We will be excited for that first pullet egg at the end of the summer too. The eggs we had last night were cooked about perfect, but the store bought eggs just didn't taste the same as our free range eggs do.

Nice to hear from you, congratulations on your move.

 

[sol2go]

I am new to this breed and thought I'd share photos of my two gals from Meyer Hatchery, for those curious about hatchery birds. These two have been very calm and sensible birds so far. Here they are at just over 6 weeks.

This is Rene, and she is a soft warm gray with light salmon breast and modest crest. She is extremely friendly.



This is Rosie. She is much darker, with more orange and Elvis hairdo. She's a bit more stand-offish, as you can tell from the look on her face.



I'm really enjoying having them and seeing everybody else's on this thread. Thanks.

welcome to all things cream legbars!

 

[Bawk]

Cream Legbars hatched July 1 are growing fast. The boys are looking gray. I was holding the pullets. They are all do calm and sweet.

@Chickat

 

[ChicKat]

Cream Legbars hatched July 1 are growing fast. The boys are looking gray. I was holding the pullets. They are all do calm and sweet.

@Chickat

cuter and cuter

Thanks for posting...it will be so much fun to watch them grow!

 

[chicken pickin]

cuter and cuter

X2

They are adorable!!!

 

[animalgrl]

I have a question I'm hoping someone here can answer. What should a Cream Legbar hen weigh? I have a 39 week old crested Cream Legbar (who isn't laying yet, but that's a different story). I've had some problems in the short time I've had chickens, including one pullet who nearly died of coccidiosis (not the CL). As a result, I decided to weigh all the girls so I have a baseline weight for monitoring if I suspect something is going wrong. I weighed the CL for the first time this morning and she weighed 3 lbs 8 oz. I have read varying wights online from 4 lbs to 6.5 lbs, Can anyone tell me what their hens weigh? I feel like 3.5 lbs is under weight, but I'm having trouble finding a reference. Thanks!